Editing Piute County, Utah (section)

==Politics and government==
Piute County is a traditional Republican stronghold. In no national election since 1940 has the county selected the Democratic Party candidate (as of 2024).

{| class="wikitable"
|+State elected offices
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;" |Position
!District
! style="text-align:center;" |Name
! valign="bottom" |Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;" |First elected
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah Senate|Senate]]
|24
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Derrin Owens]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senator Owens Utah Senate|url=https://senate.utah.gov/sen/OWENSD/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=senate.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|73
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Phil Lyman]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Lyman, Phil|url=https://house.utah.gov/rep/LYMANP/|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=Utah House of Representatives|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:lightgrey" |&nbsp;
|Board of Education
|14
| style="text-align:center;" |Mark Huntsman
| style="text-align:center;" |Nonpartisan
| style="text-align:center;" |2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mark Huntsman|url=https://www.schools.utah.gov/board/members/utah/markhuntsman|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=www.schools.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
|}

{{PresHead|place=Piute County, Utah|source1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Atlas of US Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 146 votes, while Socialist candidate [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 110 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|854|94|21|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|773|86|15|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|626|47|57|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|697|74|11|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|635|141|25|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|646|123|4|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|626|133|22|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|475|176|66|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|429|169|155|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|476|206|5|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|606|151|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|551|157|11|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|377|265|33|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|475|102|26|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|411|167|60|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|361|273|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|453|247|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|548|180|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|531|207|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|440|315|8|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|381|346|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|442|466|2|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|339|611|1|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|433|403|18|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|434|237|5|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|398|208|42|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|538|283|22|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|269|417|56|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|205|110|233|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|333|157|99|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|358|228|158|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|330|280|4|Utah}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|34|555|0|Utah}}

{{Stack|[[File:Piute County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas.svg|thumb|Map of Piute County communities]]}}